[Verse 1]
Welcome to the book fair
Line up in the hallway
Bring your parents' checkbook
Talk about this all day
I might get a "Goosebumps"
I might get an "I Spy"
Check out these erasers
I think that I might die
I should get some pencils
I might get a juggle kit
Anything to hide the fact that my family is struggling
I've only got about $20
But deep down
I want it all
They turned my free library
Into a little shopping mall

[Chorus]
Welcome to the nightmare of public schools
Turning all your children into customer pools
Now watch them skip a meal just so they can read
If Scholastic really cared about them, books would be free

[Reprise]
Underpaid tеachers, run-down schools
Daycare masked as an еducation tool
Missiles funded, wars abroad
It's our system
We're all frauds
Underpaid teachers, run-down schools
Daycare masked as an education tool
Missiles funded, wars abroad
It's our system
We're all frauds